Broxbourne Council administers a Housing and Transfer Register that is made up of households who have applied for social housing (also known as affordable housing) in the Borough of Broxbourne.
Each applicant has their housing needs assessed and are given a level of priority. This priority is expressed as a number of points. The more points awarded, the greater the applicant's need for re-housing in accordance with the Council's Allocations Policy.
Applicants can express an interest (place a bid) on available properties that are advertised through the HomeOption scheme. The applicant with the highest number of points for a property will be allocated that property, subject to a number of exceptions (as set out in the Council's Allocations Policy).
There are two types of applicants on the register:
- Homeseekers are applicants looking to rent a social housing property in the Borough for the first time
- Transfers are existing social housing tenants wishing to transfer to another social housing property in the Borough
Please also note the following:
- Broxbourne Council does not own any social housing properties
- the social housing in the Borough is owned and managed by housing associations and they set their own rents
- there is a severe shortage of housing association accommodation across the Borough compared to the number of people looking to be housed
- joining the register does not mean you are guaranteed to be housed
- it could be a considerable amount of time before you are offered a property and many applicants will never be successful so you should consider all housing options, for example, the private rented sector
- The Council cannot tell you exactly how long it will take to rehouse you through the Housing and Transfer Register. This is because it is a priority needs register, not a waiting list. It depends on the properties that become available, who else is showing an interest in them, and their priority